Liz takes a class!

So, I hate to say it, but I am still totally new to videos and I'm sad to report that my camera wasn't on during the funniest part. I just wanted to cry when I found out part of the video is missing. Liz did one clip where her hair was so messed up and she was groaning and moaning.....but I think you get the idea! We really do know how to play when I go out to Scrapbook Your Life!!!

Now, don't fret....Liz did finish her doll before I left. And she did a fantastic job!

Her coloring (airbrush and alcohol inks), sanding, embossing with TenSeconds tools as well as cuttlebug embossing folders....

Swarovsky crystals on the joints, metal charms for the crown, 

Airbrushed charms on top of the metal....is this just too clever?  Plus, she dual-embossed the wings - half each with a different embossing folder.

And she used numerous plates throughout the body.

I do think Liz gets and A+ for her hard work!  Now, if you need a source for the tools and metal, just give the store a call!  They have a whole wall - I had so much fun shopping while I was teaching this class!

Thanks to all the gals who came to class and let me video them - such good sports!!!

We did this class twice and literally ran out of the TenSeconds Studio doll templates.  So I made a smaller template and added wings.  These students had to pick between a big doll without wings, or a small doll with wings.  Each one takes a full sheet of metal.  So I'm going to post my smaller template here - feel free to print it out, it should be sized a full 8.5 x 11".   OK, I will post it when I find it! LOL! I'm still not done unpacking and putting stuff away, so the hunt is on. Hopefully I'll find it in the next day or 2....I know it's here, I know I've seen it, I know I can find it......and I'm sure you never have a day like that, huh? :o)

Airbrush experiments

You know, there are moments when I get all caught up in my art and I forget why I first started this blog.  I was chatting with a friend (Hi Vickie!) tonight and she reminded me that every now and then, I should just talk about what's going on in my life!

So, what's going on in my life?  ART!  LOLOL!  I am in a creating blitz this week designing classes for San Diego.  They may never get done as I seem to be going quite slow...until today.  Susan come over to play and all of a sudden....all of the ideas were right here.  I think I finished up 3 classes today. Perhaps what I need is a full time assistant!

If you've never taken the time to read my first week of posts, you'll never know why I started this blog.  I just reread them and realized.....I was probably the first or one of the first "inchie" designers with my layout that included 49 one-inch photos of all bad hair days throughout my life!  LOL!!!  50 years of bad hair.  It's just who I am!

And can you believe that I grew up without a TV?  Imagine that!  We have a TV in every room in the house now.  But funny thing, Kerry is off to LA this week and I don't think I've turned the TV on once.  I really believe that when you grow up without it....it's quite easy to live without it.  Most of my closest friends know that about me and they know to call me when something happens (like 911) and tell me to turn on the TV.  LOL!!!

I promise to start adding a bit more about what's going on in my personal life....but honestly, this week...it's truly all art!  When the "cat's" away.....all I'm going to do is play!!!

I'm brushing up on my metal repousse and this was my first little sample. It's a palm tree  wrapped around a candle and my base was a cricut diecut. Pretty cool.

but look what happens when you take the copic airbrush to pewter - you can literally create your own piece of colored metal.  I LOVE this!!!

For this one, I used a rubber stamp.  I thought it looked a bit like seaweed!  LOL!

This piece has some great depth to it as well:

I finished this one off - I think it could be a pendant....but I also think it would look cute on a card.  Not sure what I'll do with it....but next, I want to do a couple of seashells!

No, next I want to airbrush on friendly plastic!  No.....

OK, I think that list is endless!!! Who knows what I'll do next!  It's what makes being an artist so much fun!!!